In question for a series of festivals at Downing Street in full confinement, Boris Johnson, 57, undergoes his worst crisis since his triumphal accession to power in the summer of 2019.
Le Monde with AFP
Revelations on organized holidays on the Downing Street side during the Overseas Confinement no longer finish. Monday, January 24, the ITV TV channel revealed that the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson celebrated his birthday on June 19, 2020 in the company of nearby, in full confinement , despite the rules in force. Revelations that overwhelm the conservative leader already widely criticized for festivals at Downing Street.
Up to 30 people would have participated in this holiday organized by Carrie Johnson, the Prime Minister’s wife, including Lulu Lytle’s interior designer, charged with the expensive renovation of Boris Johnson’s apartment at Downing Street, controversial financing.
A participation of “less than ten minutes”
According to a Downing Street spokeswoman, Boris Johnson would have participated “less than ten minutes” at this gathering of his collaborators.
ITV News states that Friends of the Johnson family would have participated in another event organized on the evening of June 19 on the floor of the Prime Minister’s residence, what his services were denied.
“It’s totally wrong. In accordance with the rules of the time, the Prime Minister has hosted a small number of family members outside that night,” said Downing Street.
Series of holidays
In question for a series of holidays in downstream Street in confinement, Boris Johnson, aged 57, meets the worst crisis since its triumphal accession in power in the summer of 2019.
The anger aroused by these holidays, which took place when the population was asked to drastically reduce its interactions, provoked a fall in its popularity in opinion polls.
The leader of the government has, for the moment, escaped a vote of distrust of his curator camp and refers to the conclusions of the internal investigation conducted by the senior official Sue Gray, who should be published soon.
Former influential Councilor of Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings refused to be interviewed as part of this survey that, if he accepted, “the Prime Minister inventing absurd stories”. He preferred to testify in writing.
Dominic Cummings, who regularly launches attacks against his former head since his departure at the end of 2020 in a context of intestinal struggles, warned that “other harmful stories” would emerge if the Prime Minister did not resign.